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  • Read: But it has the largest flower of all plants! It can grow to be 1 meter (3 feet) across and can weigh 11 kilos (24 pounds).
    Great!
  • What is the other name for the white baneberry?
    Doll's eyes.
  • Fill in the blank: The Rafflesia ______ also has no leaves or ____.
    arnoldii/stem
  • How many days does the Rafflesia arnoldii bloom?
    Five days
  • What about if people eat the white baneberry fruit?
    It can stop a person's heart.
  • Unscrumble the word: TENTRUSNI
    NUTRIENTS
  • Read: It is round and white and has a black dot. Birds eat the fruit and spread the seeds.
    Fantastic!
  • What does the white baneberry's fruits look like?
    They look like eyes on blood-red stems!
  • The Hydnora africana has no leaves or stem.
    Great!
  • Which animal does the white baneberry use as a pollinator?
    Birds
  • Because there are _____ of these plants, they may become _____.
    fewer and fewer/extinct
  • Unscramble: AISFEARFL
    Rafflesia
  • The insect eats the white stuff to survive. Pollen sticks to the insect.
    Great!
  • Complete the blank: These plants use birds and insects as ______.
    pollinators
  • Fill in the blank: The _____ attracts insects that carry its _____ to other plants.
    odor/pollen
  • Which plant looks like a hungry mouth?
    Hydnora Africana.
  • Active to Passive: The smell attracts insects.
    Insects are attracted to the smell.
  • Then it takes the pollen to another flower. The flower has done its job!
    Great job!
  • What happens to people is they touch the white baneberry?
    They will get blisters.
  • Complete: The flower looks _____. Things that look like big ____ grow out of its center.
    scary/thorns
  • Give examples of extinct animals:
    Dinosaurs, Dodo, Wolly Mammoth
  • Read: And worse, it stinks like rotting meat-just like the stink lily!
    Awesome!
  • T or F: But Rafflesia arnoldii eats insects.
    F
  • A few days later, the flower opens and the insect is free.
    Brilliant!
  • How is the white baneberry harmful to people?
    It's poisonous to people.
  • What is inside the Hydnora Africana that stinks? White birds/Nothing/White hairs
    White hair.
  • Passive to Active: The insect is trapped inside the flower by stiff hairs.
    Stiff hairs trap the insect inside the flower.
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